Word : a cross-linguistic typology / / edited by R.M.W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828965203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2002
• ISBN: 1-107-13565-6; 1-280-43053-2; 0-511-17903-0; 1-139-14875-3; 0-511-06149-8; 0-511-05516-1; 0-511-30615-6; 0-511-48624-3; 0-511-06995-2
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 290 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Altri autori (Persone): DixonRobert M. W; AikhenvaldA. IU (Aleksandra IUrevna)
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetti: Word (Linguistics); Typology (Linguistics)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Word: a typological framework / R.M.W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald -- Typological parameters for the study of clitics, with special reference to Tariana / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald -- ; The word in Cupik / Anthony C. Woodbury -- ; The word in Eastern/Central Arrernte / John Henderson -- ; The eclectic morphology of Jarawara, and the status of word / R.M.W. Dixon -- Towards a notion of 'word' in sign languages / Ulrike Zeshan -- Synchronic and diachronic perspective on 'word' in Siouan / Robert Rankin ... [et al.] -- What is a word in Dagbani? / Knut J. Olawsky -- ; The word in Georgian / Alice C. Harris -- ; The word in modern Greek / Brian Joseph -- What can we conclude? / P.H. Matthews.
• Sommario/riassunto: In some languages words tend to be rather short but in others they ; may be dauntingly long. In this book, a distinguished international group of scholars discuss the concept 'word' and its applicability in a range of typologically diverse languages. An introductory chapter sets the parameters of variation for 'word'. The nine chapters that follow then study the character of 'word' in individual languages, including Amazonian, Australian Aboriginal, Eskimo, Native North American, West African, Balkan and Caucasian languages, and Indo-Pakistani Sign Language. These languages exhibit a huge range of phonological and grammatical characteristics, the close study of which enables the contributors to refine our understanding of what can constitute a 'word'. An epilogue explores the status and cross-linguistic properties of 'word'. The book will be an invaluable resource for scholars of linguistic typology and of morphology and phonology.